Shingle and roof construction.



A. P. GOSNELL. SHINGLB AND Roof CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED DBO.11,`1912 Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

ANDREW P. GOSNELL, OF LOS ANGELES,

PAEENT oEEioE.

CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HARRY E. BELL, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

SHINGLE AND ROOF CONSTRUCTION.

inseam.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, ANDREW I). GosNELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles, State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shingles and Roof Constructions, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved shingle and the roof construction made with my improved shingle; and the prime object of the invention is the provision of cementitious shingle in such form, and capable of being made into a roof in such manner, as to be immune to breakage such as is common t0 shingles of this class.

In my improved form of shingle I preferably attach each shingle to the sheathing only at the upper end, (through the medium of a projecting flexible securing member, preferably the projecting end of an internal reinforce, which projects beyond the upper or thin end of the shingle). The body of the shingle I do not attach at all to the sheathing; but I interconnect the shingles of each course in such manner that, in order to raise one shingle, all of the shingles above it on the roof must also be raised. This construction provides that the shingles shall not be under any strain which would be liable to cause their fracture; and `it is this peculiarity of construction which I wish to explain in detail in the following specification and to secure to myself in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective, showing a portion of a roof construction with my improved shingle. -Fig 2 is a longitudinal section of my shingle. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail showing an approved method of interconnecting the shlngles of each course. Fig. 4 is a section showing a different form of sheathing and attachment.

Ileferring non' to the drawings, 5 designates any suitable form of sheathing, which forms the foundation of my roof construction. My shingles are'placed thereon in the relative position common to shingled roofs,.eaeh shingle consisting of the eementitious body, and each having a lat, refer-ably mesh, reinforce 8 therein, the rein orces projecting from the thin or upper end of the shingle as is illustrated at n, The extent of the reinforces within the shingle may be Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 11, 1912. Serial No. 736,164.

Patented Feb. 10, i914.

varied according to requirements; but, in general, it will be sufficient to provide ample reinforcment for the entire shingle. The reinforces may be made of any suitable material, preferably open mesh metallic subtance, and preferably of suitable wire neting.

When nailing the shingles on a roof I attach them to thel sheathing solely by attaching the projecting reinforcements thereto. This attachment may be effected by nails 9 or in any other suitable manner. The shingle is not attached at any other point to the sheathing; being allowed to rest in place by its own weight and being under no strain, such as would be imposed by resting upon two or more pieces of the sheathing and being drawn down tightly in its center by a nail or other securing device.

I preferably attach the shingles of each course together by a suitable means on the longitudinal edge of each shingle. This means may consist in an eye l0 and a tongue 11A to fit therein, or by any other suitable and substantial and easily handled arrangement. The eye may be recessed in the edge of the shingle, as shown in a portion of Fig. 3. This attachment provides that any shingle can not be raised without raising also the adjacent shingles of the course; and the shingles of any course can not be raised without also raising the shingles above. It consequently requires a great or abnormal force to raise the shingles in my roof construction; greater force than would ever be exerted by wind pressureor the like.

The features which I wish to emphasize and secure to myself in the following claims are, first, the asole attachment of the shingle through the medium of lthe flexible securing member (preferably the projecting end of its internal reinforce), and then in combinai tion, themeans for attaching together the shingles of each course.

In Fig. 4, I have shown an entirely lire proof construction the same being made up of angle iron sheathing 10() and my eementi tions shingle 102.y Here the reinforcement 103 is bent around the angle iron l0() and held securely thereby.

llaving described my invention, l claim:

l. A roofing construction` comprising a foundation sheathing, a plurality of shingles laid in superimposed courses, each shingle comprising.; a eementitious body, a lllexible metallic ,member embedded Within said body to form a reinforce therefor and projecting from one end of said body to form a flexible securing member, means for fastening each shingle to the sheathing consisting solely of means fastening said exible securing member to the sheathing, whereby the shingles are flexibly secured to the sheathing,"andv means for securing the shingles of each course together below their upper ends, subs Stantially as described.

2. A roofing construction, comprising a foundation sheathing, a plurality of shingles laid in superimposed courses, each shingle comprising a cementitious body, a flexible metallic member embedded Within said body to form a reinforce therefor and projecting,

ber to the'sheathing, and coperating means on` the shingles of each course for securing the shingles of each course together.

3. A rooting construction, comprising a 2 foundation sheathing, a plurality of shingles laid in horizontal courses, leach shingle comprising acementitious body, means for flexibly attaching each shingle exclusively at its upper end to the sheathing; whereby each 30 shingle is free to rise and fall at its lower end, and means for attaching together the shingles of each course at points below their upper ends.

ln Witness that I claim the foregoing I Y have hereunto subscribed my name this 5th day of December 1912.

ANDREW P. GO SNELL.

Witnesses:

HARRY E. BELL, ELWooD H. BARKELEW. 

